Help our peer leader who is being held in jail for a 2-year old prostitution charge (Update: RELEASED!)

We have a great news. The peer leader/volunteer who has been involved with Aileen’s was released from jail on her own recognizance this afternoon. This was the outcome that we had hoped for and we got it. We will continue to work with her to address other concerns the judge told her to take care of before her next appearance in July, and either get the charge dropped or help her show up so this won’t happen again.

Thank you so much to many of you who donated toward her bail. It turned out that the bail was not needed, but we were prepared to bail her out today if it was needed (we were determined to bring her back with us one way or another).

If you wish to have your contribution refunded to you, please let me know before Friday; otherwise, we will spend some of that money to address her other needs so she can avoid going back to jail, and reserve the rest for the next time one of our peers need help with the bail and court-related expenses.

Again, thank you for supporting us and our women! Please continue to contribute toward our general GoFundMe page instead of the bail fund.

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One of the peer leaders/volunteers who have been helping Aileen’s during our start-up phase is in jail since Wednesday. This amazing Black woman is held on a $2,500 bail for a two-year old prostitution charge. Her new court appearance isn’t until the 26th which is more than two weeks away and we want to help her get out sooner. Like right now.

Please contribute toward our jail support/bail fund so she can get toiletries and other necessities while in jail, make phone calls to family and friends, and get out!

Any money left over after assisting her will be reserved for providing jail support and bail for our peers in the future.

(We do still need help with our general expenses so keep that coming too, but right now this woman’s freedom is much more urgent.)

2 thoughts on “Help our peer leader who is being held in jail for a 2-year old prostitution charge (Update: RELEASED!)”

Love the work you are doing, but please word the donations differently because when I contributed to this cause it showed up with the words “jail” and “bail” on my bank statement, which I use to verify my self-employment income when needed.